i put little white dabs of fingernail polish on the neck of my fretless oud where frets would be (real men use "pearl bliss") to indicate if i'm still in tune. i refer to them constantly out of the corner of my eye - especially when singing and playing at the same time - and would miss them if they weren't there.
- bill --- Peter Nightingale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear All, > > Periodically, I've been wondering how big a role > peripheral vision plays, > if any, in the accuracy of left hand position > changes. > > Observing myself suggests that paying more attention > to peripheral vision > helps, but the trouble with self-observation of > course is that it may be > self-fulfilling, simply because it increases genaral > awareness of the left > hand. > > Any thoughts or suggestions? > > Regards, > Peter. > > -- > the next auto-quote is: > It is a terrible commentary on Christian > civilisation that the longest > period of slave-raiding known to history was > initiated by the action of > Spain, Portugal, France, Holland and Britain, after > the Christian faith had > for more than a thousand years been the established > religion of Europe. > (H.A.L. Fisher) > /\/\ > Peter Nightingale Telephone (401) > 874-5882 > Department of Physics, East Hall Fax (401) > 874-2380 > University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI > 02881 > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > ===== "and thus i made...a small vihuela from the shell of a creepy crawly..." - Don Gonzalo de Guerrero (1512), "Historias de la Conquista del Mayab" by Fra Joseph of San Buenaventura ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
